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Have you had annoying experience because of your family racial make up? I am just wandering if in all the politically correctness people still make faces or comments!
Vero |
| Posted by Vero on 03/08/2007 07:39 PM
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| So far the worst thing is that some people (very rarely) refuse to look at us or acknowledge our presence. You can see the awkwardness and discomfort (and indignance) on their faces. They'll look the other way and you can see their mouths tighten, but if that's the worst thing that ever happens then I'll consider us unscathed. :) The weirdest thing is talking to really racist people when they HAVEN'T seen my family - this drunk cowboy-looking type who lived in our apartment complex started a conversation with me a few months back and quickly got around to how "blacks (that's not the term he used, by the way) are responsible for like 90% of the problems in this country...they should all go back to Africa, they're nothing but jungle heathens, etc." A few days later he saw me getting out of the car with my very dark-skinned black boyfriend and our two children, and never spoke another word to me (thank God). Probably felt like an idiot, spouting all that buddy-buddy white-supremacist garbage like I was one of the Klan or something. What a dummy! lol I think people like that exist to make the rest of us feel relieved that we didn't grow up to be morons. |
| posted by Megan on 03/08/2007 11:50 PM
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| I was talking with a guy about the local schools and the problems that occur. And he busts out about how "the problem with the schools is that 60% of the population is mexican" Then he starts going on about gangs etc. I looked at him and said "My last name is Lujan, my husband is mexican and so is my son, you never know who you're talking to" He felt dumb I'm sure. people are quick to judge, my husband works hard on our business and he's never been in a gang... |
| posted by Kate on 03/10/2007 10:21 PM
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That is so interesting Kate that you would say that, because I have had this happen a few times. I am a Financial Planner by trade (although not practicing since the birth of my daughter), and I have had clients actually make comments about lazy Mexicans and have had the occasion to turn the tables with changing the subject, and the casually mentioning something about showing them pictures of my kids (with DH in the photo), only to have them turn very red, and try to cover up the previous comments by saying that my DH must be Hawaiian or Tongan. "No", I correct them..."he's Mexican". BUSTED!!!
You know, I find that my hubby makes comments (at times) about Mexicans, yet if someone else does, he jumps all over them. There is always going to be a double standard with regards to race.
My kids are neither considered white, nor Mexican. Mexican's at their school argue their petigree, and although they have not yet dealt with comments from Caucasian kids (probably because they dark blondes with hazel eyes), I often wonder if this will come with time.
Living in a 75% Mexican population her in Tucson, AZ, we do not have to deal with the many stares that others do in other parts of the country. Yet, we live in a 95%+ Caucasian neighborhood (burbs), and DH often has people assume he is the landscaper (I KID YOU NOT), or someone working for the builders. OPEN MOUTH, INSERT FOOT, when he turns around and mentions in a rather kind voice that he is the owner of the house. He says that he can see the blood drain from these peoples faces....BUSTED!!! |
| posted by Jennifer on 03/23/2007 03:38 AM
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